Alexander City News

Klondyke Gospel Music Center, 3885 Highway 123 S. between Newton and Ozark, will host Grace Bailey of Bonifay, Fla., Nov.

Ron Sparks, a 2010 gubernatorial candidate for the Democratic primary, spoke in Alexander City Thursday about how he plans to carry the state through the ongoing economic crisis, if elected governor The full story is available now on local news stands.

Tallapoosa County agencies received much needed money from the Alabama Legislature's Community Service Grant program this week.

Benjamin Russell High School student and Arizona native Austin Green was inspired to join the battle against cancer two years ago while living in Phoenix when his 17-year-old friend, Chelsea, asked him to participate in Relay for Life before losing her battle to leukemia.

Montgomery County Board of Education member Charlotte Meadows has been elected a 2009 district director for the Alabama Association of School Boards.

The Fountain Square neighborhood takes a step back in history today with the installation of the new public fountain.

Local schools have seen a decline in the number of students with flu-like symptoms, but the Alabama Department of Public Health is still encouraging people to take advantage of the H1N1 vaccine.

Seasoned servicemen are most often the ones doing the teaching at Veterans Day ceremonies, but the tables were turned Tuesday at Stephens Elementary when students showed visiting veterans that the next generation is learning a little something about patriotism too.

This April 3, 2003 photo shows an aerial view of Richard Scrushy's Lake Martin home near Alexander City, Ala.

Ita s time to remember our veterans across the county and the nation as Veterans Day approaches on Wednesday and local officials are planning several services to honor our heroes.

The Alexander City Police Department is responding to a possible armed robbery at a Christian bookstore in downtown.

It is an honor for Alexander City to have one of its local businesses recognized as an Alabama Retailer of the Year.

The City of Alexander City unanimously passed a resolution on Monday that annexed the Russell pool and about 30 acres of land from the property formerly owned by Russell Corp.

Rumors of a suspected a oehit lista compiled by an Alexander City Middle School student are unfounded, according to the Alexander City Police Department.

The statewide grassroots movement Save Alabama PACT came to Alexander City Thursday when parents and grandparents who bought in to the statea s struggling prepaid college tuition program met at the gym in the Charles E. Bailey Sportplex.

The Tallapoosa County Health Department used about half of its first shipment of H1N1 influenza vaccinations during a walk-in clinic on Wednesday.

The Alexander City Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Professional Development Summit Thursday.

Dale Liesch has been promoted from staff writer to news editor of The Alexander City Outlook and its sister The Dadeville Record.

The Alexander City School Board learned from a recent state report that the 7.5 percent proration announced earlier this school year would result in a $1.2 million loss in its annual budget.

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